The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-15
ENGLISH BLOOD RISlN;.

EDITOR BULLETIN: ever my
English blood got the better of my
American thinning it was on Mon
day night after reading your article
"Queen Victoria never replies" I
lave ca, efully watched the course
of the BULLETIN for long time and
have frequently spoken of the dig
nified manner in which most matters
have been treated, but this time,
Mr.. Editor, you surprised me. Why
in the name of all that's good have
you made comparisons between the
purest, noblest, and wisest monarch
the world has ever seen, and-and
no l wont give it name. How l
can l give any name to conniver
with bribetakers?
You certainly speak we'll when
you hint that King Kalakaua might
worthily follow many Of the exam
Piles set Ivy the Queen Of England.
For instance her great care to study
the welfare Of her kingdom and peo-
pie. Her great desire always to fol-
low and abide by the advice Of Her
responsible ministers, never mind
what their side of politics may be /;
and above all, Her faithful adhe-
renee to the oath which she took at
her coronation fifty years ago, that
she would by the constitution stand
which is so dear 10 the hearts of
all true Englishmen.
You make comparisons, Mr.. Edi-
tor. How will these two do9 Her
Majesty the Queen of England pre-
senling the Indian Prince with a
Bible as the secret of England's
greatness, and, His Majesty the
King of Hawaii confessing that a
BRIDE of 81, 200 was the secret Of
Hawaii's fall!
While am having it at you in a
very friendly kind Of way, / would
like to say word further. You
treated u, some time ago to an ar
ticle which had for its objects rig"-
My versus gocern'ny. You proved
probably to your own satisfaction
that the Queen r"igms pretty much
in the same sense that the President
of America may he said 10 reign
during his four years OF office. Now,
Sir, Her Majesty has ruled so wisely
and we'll that il is seldom that the
power possessed by the Queen is
really seen; but once within INV
own recollection she may have been
said truly to gOver", and the man
who used her power or rather show.
ed what her power was, was w. +.
Gladstone the recognized leader OF
the Liberal party in England. He
desired 10 abolish the system of pur.
chasing commissions in the army.
For that purpose, he introduced 6
bill passed the Commons hut wa.
sent back by the Lords. The result
was the old feuds between the Com
mons and Lords, or in other words
the people versus aristocracy.
i What did Mr.. Gladstone do In hi'
dilemma? Why, he simply calico
into force the power which as a con
sistent Liberal he should mos
dread. The souerign mill Of tn
Monarch. BY his advice she sim
ply wrote a very short article
"abolishing the system of purchase
in the army" and the Lords had tt
submit to Her Royal will, YOU
may turn on me and say she dit
this by the advice Of her responsible,
Minister, but say, she, gorernet
because she exercised her sove
reignty.
With regard to any remarks whicl
may appear in "Trpth," they are o
par with the complaints of Yves
End shopkeepers who would be bet
ter pleased il the Queen held draw
ing-rooms every month, because |
enhances their millinery bills.
Yours, OBSERVER.
June Ia, 1887.
[Our correspondent had bette
; read the article referred to again
He has got things crooked. w
drew no comparison. "Certai
officials did, and we attempted
show its stupidity. AS TO the othe
point about "reigning" and "'go,
erning," In which Gladstone pr
vailed upon his sovereign to adol
the course she did, it simply sui
ports our position.-ED1